Some Apple engineers rewarded up to $180k in stock bonuses as incentive to stay

Post by dang » Thu, Dec 30, 2021, 5:28 AM UTC

sincerely wrote: post #82

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never worked at Apple, but I've been an Apple developer, since they were a pretty scruffy outfit, and everyone was waiting for them to go belly-up. From my perspective, Apple has always treated their engineers quite well. Guy Kawasaki once said that "Working for Apple is like being paid to go to Disneyland." It may no longer be the case, but I have always assumed that engineers at Apple have always felt valued.

So you've never worked for Apple but think people should know what you imagine people at Apple think?

Please don't go after another user like this on HN. It's not the kind of discussion we want here, and it doesn't add anything interesting.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. Note this one:

"Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine."

Post by frozenport » Mon, Jan 03, 2022, 2:24 AM UTC

m_a_g wrote: post #18

frozenport wrote: post #4

We've been interviewing a bunch of Apple engineers. I doubt the $30k a year with some difficult vesting cliff is going to keep those guys working at the dumpster fire that has become Apple.

In what ways did it become a dumpster fire? I thought Apple was a great place to work, but now I'm curious...

Biggest complaints:

1) work were you perform difficult maintenance tasks, think debugging userland code from complete system dumps

2) challenging infrastructure

3) monopolization of power by established employees

Reality is that Apple willing to have 10x the typical staff for marginal gains. Being part of that can be difficult and boring.

Re: Some Apple engineers rewarded up to $180k in stock bonuses as incentive to stay

Re: Some Apple engineers rewarded up to $180k in stock bonuses as incentive to stay